Sale reports / Virginia / Monterey Stockyard LLC / 2022-10-05

Monterey Stockyard LLC

Feeder Cattle · Monterey, Virginia · Wed, Oct 5
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3476
Receipts
224 head
233 vs last sale 457 349 vs year ago 573 · 60.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 84, Bulls 8)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.85/cwt on 132 head.
Average price
$175.85
132 head · 673 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,183
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.37
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1669177.381,187105
Medium and Large 1-2685170.041,16526
Medium and Large 2730166.001,2121thin
One grade step is worth $11.38/cwt here — about −$25 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale132 hd
175.85
VA average8 barns · 951 hd
167.48
+8.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Monterey Stockyard LLC - Monterey, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2732125.00/cwt125.00–125.009153
BullsMedium and Large 2658136.00/cwt136.00–136.008955
HeifersMedium and Large 1728132.00/cwt132.00–132.009613
HeifersMedium and Large 1606124.25/cwt124.00–125.007534
HeifersMedium and Large 1663125.74/cwt123.00–126.0083412
HeifersMedium and Large 1481144.00/cwt144.00–144.0069318
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added703165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,16310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added634176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1166
SteersMedium and Large 1810153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,2391
SteersMedium and Large 1547193.41/cwt175.00–194.001,05831
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500183.00/cwt183.00–183.009151
SteersMedium and Large 1485201.00/cwt201.00–201.009754
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added615134.50/cwt134.50–134.508276
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added718131.00/cwt131.00–131.009416
SteersMedium and Large 1628177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added698171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,19410
SteersMedium and Large 2730166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2121
SteersMedium and Large 1390185.00/cwt185.00–185.007221
HeifersMedium and Large 2663119.00/cwt119.00–119.007892
HeifersMedium and Large 1548134.00/cwt134.00–134.0073418
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800164.25/cwt164.25–164.251,3149
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added865163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,41021
HeifersMedium and Large 2543134.00/cwt134.00–134.007283
HeifersMedium and Large 2450139.00/cwt139.00–139.006262
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added593129.00/cwt129.00–129.007652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added656131.00/cwt131.00–131.008598
SteersMedium and Large 1594180.53/cwt180.00–187.001,07213
SteersMedium and Large 1728164.20/cwt163.00–166.001,19515

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.